Thiruvananthapuram, 1/10: Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan on Saturday declared in the assembly that the state was free of extreme poverty. Vijayan made the announcement in a special session of the House convened on the occasion of Kerala ‘Piravi’ or formation day. The Congress-led UDF opposition termed as “pure fraud” the state government’s claim and…
Bhubaneswar, 23/12 (AO Bureau): The number of Coronavirus cases is kept on increasing day by day in Odisha. 364 more persons tested positive for COVID-19 in Odisha in the last 24 hours taking the state’s tally to 3,27,279. Similarly, 4 people have succumbed to death. The Corona positive cases have been detected in 26 districts….
New Delhi, 5/10: Haryana may witness the return of Congress to power after a decade while Jammu and Kashmir is staring at a hung assembly where the National Conference-Congress combine may have to look at PDP and others to form a government, exit polls predicted. The predictions showed a poor show by AAP, INLD-BSP and…
New Delhi, 18/4: A 30-year-old man who went missing during communal clashes in Madhya Pradesh’s Khargone city has become the first fatality of violence but his death has raised allegations of cover-up, with the kin of the deceased accusing the police of keeping his death under wraps for eight days.
Patnagarh: In the much talked about Patnagarh parcel bomb incident, the statement of the main accused of the case, Punjilal Meher will be recorded today. As per reports, Police brought Punjilal Patnagarh from Balangi jail today. He will present his case in the ADJ court in Patnagarh. The accused statement is to be recorded today. Punjilal…
New Delhi, 14/10: Coronavirus vaccines have been sent to Nepal, Bangladesh, Myanmar and Iran according to the government’s decision to resume their supplies, the Ministry of External Affairs said on Thursday. External Affairs Ministry Spokesperson Arindam Bagchi said the government has decided to send the supplies to the neighbourhood initially. India, the world’s largest…
New Delhi, 9/9: China has raised objections to the US hosting the Group of 20 nations in 2026 as already announced by President Joe Biden’s administration, according to four people familiar with the discussions. G20 members rotate their presidency of the group, including the annual summit of world leaders, and the US has said it…
Washington DC, 11/1: SS Rajamouli’s RRR struck gold at the 2023 Golden Globe Awards by winning the trophy for the best original song–motion picture for its hit track Naatu Naatu. The blockbuster Telugu movie is also nominated for the ‘best picture-non English’ at the ceremony. The Telugu track Naatu Naatu is composed…
Balangir, 18/4 (AO bureau): In a sad piece of news, former MLA Bibekananda Meher breathed his last. He was suffering from kidney-related ailments and undergoing treatment. He passed away while being taken to SCB Medical College and Hospital in Cuttack. He was Government Deputy Chief Whip in the Assembly in 1977
Bhubaneswar: Odisha is likely to witness two more low-pressure areas in the coming days. It is not possible to predict whether they will develop into a cyclone or not. After the formation of a low-pressure area, its movement, impact and various models can be studied, and then the cyclone can be estimated. Senior meteorologist D.R. Patnaik…
